Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-02-08
TIE NEW YORK 'LoNaSHoaExEN'
STRIKE STILL CONTINUES.
A South Boston Horse Railway Tied
Up by the Employees.
TWEnrY.oHf MILLION DOLLARS FOR ORD
NANCE AND COAST FoRTEIcArIoHs.
ESPECIAL TO TIE sESrISxL.l

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Vermont.
CONCORD, N. H., Feb. THE ex-
press train that left Boston at z O'Clock
last Friday night met with a terrible &C
cident near Woodstock, on the Central
Vermont railroad. The train started
from this city on time, but was de-
tanned at White River Junction, so
that it was about an hour and a half
late. When it left there it consisted
of a locomotive, baggage car, postal
car, two passenger coaches, and two
sleeping cars, and was going at the
usual rate of speed. When about 200
wards south of the end of Deckbridge,
near the old Windsor Station, a broken
rail was struck. The locomotive, bag
gage car and postal car broke away
from the rest Of the train, passing over
the bridge in safety. The rest of the
train was thrown from the rails, and
continued on the roadbed until it came
near the end of the bridge, but there
it ran over the abutment and all the
cars fell into the White River, some
so feet below. The gorge at this
point is frightful, and when the cars
went down there was a terrible crash.
As O as possible the detached part
of the train was stopped and run back
to the scene of the disaster. The
screams OF the injured were heart
rending. Assistance also came from
the people living in the vicinity, and
everything was done to rescue and
relieve the injured. Soon after help
arrived, and it was discovered that a
fire had started in the first coach,
and soon the entire train was
a blaze, thus adding a new horror
to the already frightful catastrophe.
Those present were powerless to stop
the fire, and devoted themselves en-
tirely to attempting to rescue the peo-
pie imprisoned in the wreck. The
rescuers met another and unexpected
obstacle in the heat, which had be-
come so intense that they were obliged
to relinquish their efforts to rave the
sufferers, and were compelled to re-
treat to a place Of safety for them
selves, and to become unwilling and
horror-stricken witnesses of the awful
scene. In addition to this, and to
add to the horrors and suffering of the
passengers. the weather was intensely
cold, and the heroic rescuers were
hindered thereby in their work. No
water could be obtained with which
to check or extinguish the flames.
The ice was several inches thick on
the river, and there were no appliances
at hand to break it. Twenty-six
persons, sc far as known, were taken
out alive from the cars which were
burned. Two of these are understood
to be Mr.. Wesson, of Smith & Wesson,
pistol manufacturers of Springfield,
and Ed Brocklebanks a brakeman, but
both died soon after. The two pas
senger coaches were well filled, and
every berth in both sleeping cars was
occupied, and twelve in the one from
Springfield, making the talnumber OF
passengers in the wrecked cars about 80.
This will probably make the number
of dead between so and 60. The
bridge was between 80 and As feet
] above the water, which was covered
with thick ice, making it probable
that death resulted from crushing and
burning rather than drowning. Sew
eral men were penned in the wreck
who might have been rescued alive
but for the flames. Brakeman Parker,
who was on the toward end of the
first passenger car, felt the jar and
saved his life by jumping. He quickly
secured a conveyance and carried the
news to White River Junction. The
latest computation as to the number
of persons on the train places it at
over 100. When the last car on the
ice is overhauled tomorrow, and fur
Their Identification takes place, q COM
plete list of the killed will be obtain
able, although it is thought that a
score Of the bodies already recovered
are so disfgured by being crushed and
burned al to preclude any possibility
of being identified. Many Of the sur
vivors will probably die of their
wounds.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, VT, Feb. z.
"A gang Of rs men have been work |
ing this morning through holes in the
ice, raising portions of the wrecked
train from the bottom Of the river, |
and searching for the bodies which
may yet be among the ruins. Thus
far no bodies have been recovered. |
Nearly all the signs of the terrible
disaster have disappeared, except the
gaping splice between the piers Of the
bridge. Trains are now running reg
ularly to either end Of the bridge. The
condition of the wounded is about the
same.
The Strike Consinues.
New York, Feb. River fronts
and neighboring streets presented
a Sunday appearance this morning.
Monday is usually the busiest day of
| the week at the docks, but there was